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1. IN A MACHINE FOR FORMING A FLEXIBLE BOOK COVER OR THE LIKE WITH ANADHESIVELY ATTACHED LINER, THE COMBINATION OF A STATIONARY PAD UPONWHICH THE COVER BLANK IS SUPPORTED, A CONTRACTIBLE AND EXTENSIBLE DIE,MEANS FOR EFFECTING THE CONTRACTION AND EXTENSION OF THE DIE, SAID DIEIN ITS NORMAL EXTENDED AND LOADING POSITION INCLUDING MEANS TO SUPPORTFOR THE LINER, MEANS MOVING THE DIE WHILE EXTENDED TO PLACE THE LINEARIN PROPER POSITION UPON THE COVER BLANK AND FOR SUBSEQUENTLY RETURNINGTHE DIE TO ITS LOADING POSITION, FOLDER BLADES MOVABLE IN ONE DIRECTIONTO TURN THE MARGINAL EDGES OF THE COVER BLANK INWARDLY ABOVE THE DIEWHILE IT IS STILL EXTENDED AND THEN MOVABLE IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION TOPRESS SAID EDGES INTO ADHESIVE CONTACT WITH THE LINER AFTER THE DIE HASBEEN CONTRACTED, AND MEANS FOR EFFECTING SUCH TWO-WAY MOVEMENTS OF THEFOLDER BLADES.